What was written on evacuee labels?

The labels include details of each child such as date of birth, name and school. They also have the destination information, showing your class that children were sent somewhere else.

Did evacuee families get paid?

It became compulsory for homes to host assigned evacuees, with host families being paid 10 shillings and sixpence (53p; equivalent to £26 today) for the first unaccompanied child, and 8 shillings and sixpence for any subsequent children.

How did the evacuees feel?

They felt scared about being away from their families but also excited about going to a place they had never seen before and only read about in books.

What did ww2 evacuees have on their labels?

When they were evacuated, every child packed a small suitcase containing their belongings. This would include items such as: clean clothes, pyjamas, soap, a toothbrush, favourite photographs, and a book or toy.

What would a ww2 evacuee have in their suitcase?

These items included a gas mask in case, a change of underclothes, night clothes, plimsolls (or slippers), spare stockings or socks, toothbrush, comb, towel, soap, face cloth, handkerchiefs and a warm coat.

How did British citizens try to keep safe during air raids?

Yes, eventually. In 1941 the Morrison Shelter – named after the next Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison – was introduced and it allowed families to stay in their homes during an air raid if they needed to. It also allowed families to quickly duck for cover when an air raid siren sounded.

How did ww2 affect children’s education?

The war disrupted the education of many children. The mass evacuation of 1939 upset the school system for months and over 2,000 school buildings were requisitioned for war use. One in five schools was damaged by bombing, and air raids frequently stopped lessons for hours, leading to a decline in attendance.

What would Evacuees pack in their suitcases?

What did evacuees do when they were evacuated?

Some evacuees made their own arrangements outside the official scheme if they could afford lodgings in areas regarded as safe, or had friends or family to stay with. Evacuees on a nature walk through the countryside surrounding the Dartington estate in Devon.

Did ww2 evacuees go to school?

However, only around 50 per cent of the children living in the towns became evacuees. This meant that around a million children were now without schools. This involved local children using the classrooms in the morning while the evacuees would attend school in the afternoon.

Where did the evacuated children of the Second World War live?

(IWM (D 2587)) A group of evacuees from Bristol arrive at Brent railway station near Kingsbridge in Devon, 1940. Evacuees and their hosts were often astonished to see how each other lived. Some evacuees flourished in their new surroundings.

How did the children of World War 2 keep in touch?

In the days before telephones and the Internet the only way to keep in touch with loved ones was by writing letters. These letters became a vital link between the children and their families, who otherwise had very little chance to see or contact them. Year Five imagined that they had been evacuated and were writing letters back home.

Who was on board the German submarine that sank the child evacuee?

But also on board was the convoy commodore Admiral Edmund McKinnon, a World War One veteran out of retirement, who was seen arguing with Nicholls and insisting the convoy stayed together until midnight. By midday, the German submarine U48 – given licence to roam beyond the usual U-boat range – had spotted the convoy.

When was the sinking of the child evacuee?

“I am afraid your children are not those reported as rescued and I am informed that there is no chance of there being any further lists of survivors from the torpedoed vessel.” This letter arrived at the homes of 77 children – 12 in Cardiff and Newport – on the morning of Friday 20 September, 1940.